Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• The 10 Strangest Mutual Funds (U.S. News & World Report)
• U.S. 2012 deadline to screen cargo likely to be missed (Reuters)
• US says cannot meet deadline to screen cargo for nukes (AFP)
• Chechen rebels claim Russian train bombing (AP)
• Pakistan holding retired officer in US terror case (AP)

The 10 Strangest Mutual Funds (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 12:17 PM PST U.S. News & World Report - When mutual funds step off the beaten path, there's no telling what will happen. In the past, for example, oddball funds have fought the war on terror (the Ancora Homeland Security Fund), tried to prop up the sky (the Chicken Little Growth Fund), and fantasized about swinging a presidential election (the Blue Fund). And although those three particular funds--all of which have been liquidated--failed, others have stepped in to carry the torch and preserve a long and proud tradition of eccentric investing styles. Here are the 10 quirkiest funds we could find:

U.S. 2012 deadline to screen cargo likely to be missed (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 11:16 AM PST Reuters - A 2012 deadline to screen all cargo entering the United States by ship will likely be missed without enormous new investment and resources, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Wednesday.

US says cannot meet deadline to screen cargo for nukes (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 09:20 AM PST AFP - Top US security official Janet Napolitano on Wednesday admitted her government will fail to meet a 2012 deadline to scan all incoming ship cargo, measures designed to prevent a nuclear terror attack.

Chechen rebels claim Russian train bombing (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 07:57 AM PST AP - Chechen rebels claimed responsibility Wednesday for blowing up a high-speed Russian train last week, an attack that killed 26 people, injured scores of others and raised fears of a fresh wave of terror attacks.

Pakistan holding retired officer in US terror case (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:16 PM PST AP - Pakistan's army has confirmed security agencies are questioning a retired major in connection with a U.S. terror investigation.

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